Automobile attachment.



w. H. TRAMMELL.

AUTOMOBILE uncuiun.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 24} 19l5.

Patented Sept. 3', 1918 u podiment.

WILLIAM H, TBAMMELL, OI BELTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

auromomme 'Ar'rncnrmn'r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed September 24, 1915. Serial 110. 52,418.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. TRAM- MELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belton, in the county of Anderson- IS and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Attachments; and I do hereby automobile without interfering with the running of the vehicle or its regular employment by its occupants.

Almore detailed object is the, provision of such rest in the form of a collapsible struc- M, tare, susceptible of assuming a very compact form so as to occupy a minimum amount of pace when not in use. With these and further objects in view as will in part become apparent and in part be 80 stated, the invention comprises certain novel cfiflstructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will subsequently in part tetanus-obvious and,in part be specifically Wang M a In't e accompanym clrawmgz Figure 1 is a top p an view of a portion 01 an automobile incorporating an embodiof the invention. Rig-'s a detail perspective view of the detached. 7

v Fig.- 3- is a fragmentary plan view of a llightly modified form of connection of the attachment.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a further emto the drawing by numerals, 1

t e tonneau or body of any ordiautomobile. The tnuneau is provided 1 vi tin usual rear seat2, and in the front I. of (Ni liody is arranged the regular front '3; The-usual top supports 4, 4 and 5, 5,

' mspec tivel extend laterally at the rear and front end jportinns of the tonncau. The um! aide doorsfl, 6 enable access to and II exit from the tonneau.

4 Within the tonneau in. front of the seat 2 is arranged the rest, which consists of a hammock-like structure formed of a sheet 7 of flexible material, such as leather, canvas, denim, or the like, each end portion of which is provided with an open end hem 8,. forming a sleeve, through which is extended the respective supporting strap 9, there being a strap 9 at each end. Each strap 9 is provided with an engaging hook, preferably in the form of a snap 10 at each end designed to detachably engage a ring 11, the rings 11 bein disppsed to encircle thetop supports 4 an 5. ach strap 9 is also provided with an adjustable buckle 12, so that by varying the length of the strap, the extent to which the sheet or body 7 of the rest may sag may 'be varied, and the operative length of the hammock may be varied to suit the different widths of tonneaus. The body or sheet 7 of the rest may consist. of a plain, straight strip of fabric, without side or end flaps,

but usually it will be preferable to provide side flaps 13, 13, and'an end flap 14, adapted to be infolded in use as indicated in Fig. 1, so as to form both a cover for the occupant of the hammock or rest and a sustaining meansv to keepthe child from being rolled or tossed out incident to jolting of the we hicle. To render the flaps more efiective to this end, they are preferably buttoned to-.

'gcther as b buttons 15, preferably of the glove snap utton type.

In Fig. 3 is seen the automobile 1' of. the type provided with the so-called one man top in which structure, as is Well known, there is no top support at the .front seat. As seen in Fig. 3, w on such structure is em loyed, it is only necessary a hook 5', fixed to the body of t e vs icle to receive the hook of the rest, the structure of the rest itself being identical with that above described. I

As suggested above, the-rest or hammock may be formed without flaps, as indicated at 7 in Fig. 4. In the structure seen inlthis figure, the usual straps 9 are em loyed correspondin in forma-nd function with the straps 9, an the usual snaps 10" are also employed, but between the snaps and strn s are arranged springs 16 .tcngioned to su ciently respond to thevi'bratidns of the vehicle body to largely relieve the occupant of the hammock or rest of the jarring incident to such vibrations. It 18, of course, an arbitrary matter with the user whether the to" rovide springs 16 are employed or not, and will preferably employed usually for a very young child or infant, and, of course, it is obvious that the s Jring 16 may be em loyed with the type 0 rest having the si e and end flaps.

In use, the hammock or rest 7 is supported above the plane and usuall in front of the knees of the occupants of t e seat 55, so that there is the utmost freedom for movement of the feet of such occupants, and the rest, therefore, offers no interference whatever with the comfort and regular employment of the vehicle for traveling purposes, and leaves the front portion of the floor of the tonneau free for carrying baggage.

Ordinarily, when the rest 7 is not to be used, it is rolled up or folded. into a very compact form and either placed under the seat 2 or behind the cushion thereof, or elsewhere out of the way, not requiring tonncau occupants to rise to obtain the hammock or rest. Assuming that a party with children is tourin or that a child is being taken on a ride an becomes tired and sleepy, the rest is simply gotten out from its storage place and the snaps 10 are snapped over the rings 11, whereupon the rest is ready for the occupancy of the child. For the childs comfort, a pillow mi' ht be taken along and placedat the head en of therest, but that, of course,

' is a matter for the discretion of the user.

After the child has had a nap or otherwise completed his met and desires to arise, the

flaps 13 will be thrown back, the child rcmorcd. the snaps 10 unhookcd from the rings ll. and the rest refolded and replaced at its storage point.

It is observed that the hnnnnock or rest is especially well adapted, when not being used by a child. for carrying bundles, or packages of any kind, including the hats of the tonncau occupants.

What I claim is:--

In a hammock structure adapted for sus pension in a vehicle tonncau, the combination of an elongated body portion of a length equal substantially to the Width of the tonneau, and having a hem at each end, a foot flap at one end and side flaps at the opposite longitudinal. edges of the body portion, supports threaded through, said heins and adapted to be secured at opposite ends to the sides of the tonncan, and to be drawn taut longitudimilly of the hems to stretch the body portion into a substantially fiat hori zontal position, and means for securing the flaps together in over-turned position upon the body portion to retain the occupant from rolling from the flat horizontal body portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. TRAMMELL.

Witnesses:

HENRY R. CAMPBELL, WALTER E. GREEK. 

